Hacker News with Generative AI: Education

Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly walked back its cancellation of more than 1,500 student visas held by international students, announcing a dramatic shift by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a court hearing in Washington.
Politics, Immigration, Education, Law
15 points by whack 9 hours ago | 3 comments
AI helped write bar exam questions, California state bar admits (theguardian.com)
The state bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Education, California
7 points by bookofjoe 12 hours ago | 0 comments
Why "Learn to Code" Failed [video] (youtube.com)
Education, Programming, Technology, Video
3 points by rustoo 12 hours ago | 0 comments
George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump (thefire.org)
In 1787, Thomas Jefferson declared that “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” George Mason — the founding father for whom GMU is named — championed the right to resist tyranny, penning the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights that helped inspire the First Amendment.
Politics, Education
16 points by inverted_flag 13 hours ago | 13 comments
Harvard Admission Exam 1869 – Algebra (corca.app)
Education, History, Math
7 points by OxfordCommand 14 hours ago | 0 comments
I made a college punching bag for rejected highschoolers (plor.ing)
Humor, Social Commentary, Education
54 points by skillseeddev 14 hours ago | 29 comments
The EdTech Chicken and Egg Problem (ycombinator.com)
I've worked in edtech for almost 10 years now in B2B, B2C, and nonprofit contexts. I've seen real product market fit, and a lot of poor product market fit.
EdTech, Education, Business, Product Development
7 points by noemit 2 days ago | 6 comments
AI helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test takers.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Education, Testing
22 points by isaacfrond 2 days ago | 2 comments
Lucene University (github.com/msfroh)
This repository contains some examples of Apache Lucene features with verbose explanations as code comments written in Markdown.
Apache Lucene, Search, Software, Programming, Education
65 points by softwaredoug 2 days ago | 1 comments
Vibe Coding, Vibe Checking, and Vibe Blogging (oreilly.com)
For the past decade and a half, I’ve been exploring the intersection of technology, education, and design as a professor of cognitive science and design at UC San Diego.
Education, Design, Technology, Cognitive Science
5 points by BerislavLopac 3 days ago | 0 comments
Is America's Ivy League obsession coming to an end? (thetimes.com)
Education, Higher Education, United States, Social Trends
9 points by petethomas 3 days ago | 0 comments
I should have loved biology too (nehalslearnings.substack.com)
About a year ago, I came across James Somers’ blog post, I should have loved biology. I began reading it and every sentence struck a chord: “I should have loved biology but found it a lifeless recitation of names”; “In textbooks, astonishing facts were presented without astonishment”; “In biology class, biology wasn’t presented as a quest for the secrets of life.
Education, Biology, Science, Substack
266 points by nehal96 4 days ago | 189 comments
David Tong Lectures on Theoretical Physics (cam.ac.uk)
My lecture notes are now all grown up and available as a series of books, published by Cambridge University Press.
Physics, Theoretical Physics, Education, Books
112 points by alonfnt 4 days ago | 16 comments
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Dept of Ed says (apnews.com)
Pope Francis' funeral to be held Saturday, with public viewing starting Wednesday
Student loans, Education, Government, Debt
48 points by mystraline 4 days ago | 91 comments
An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked (techcrunch.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Immigration, Education, California
7 points by nashashmi 4 days ago | 0 comments
Mike Wood, Whose LeapFrog Toys Taught a Generation, Dies at 72 (nytimes.com)
Mike Wood was a young father when his toddler’s struggles to read led him to develop one of a generation’s most fondly remembered toys.
Obituary, Toys, Education
7 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 1 comments
Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M (techcrunch.com)
On Sunday, 21-year-old Chungin “Roy” Lee announced he’s raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his startup, Cluely, that offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything.”
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Startups, Fundraising
39 points by jnord 4 days ago | 23 comments
Harvard University sues Trump administration (bbc.com)
Harvard University filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop billions of dollars in proposed cuts.
Lawsuits, Politics, Education, Trump Administration
18 points by colinprince 4 days ago | 1 comments
Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation (viksnewsletter.com)
There is a worldwide shortage of semiconductor talent.
Semiconductors, Industry, Labor, Education
18 points by kayson 4 days ago | 3 comments
An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked (techcrunch.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Immigration, Education
12 points by spenvo 4 days ago | 1 comments
PlanetMath (planetmath.org)
PlanetMath is a virtual community which aims to help make mathematical knowledge more accessible.
Mathematics, Online Communities, Education
15 points by synthetictask 5 days ago | 1 comments
Handwriting activates broader brain networks than typing (psypost.org)
While keyboards dominate modern classrooms, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests handwriting may be irreplaceable when it comes to learning.
Brain Science, Learning, Education, Handwriting, Technology
111 points by onnnon 5 days ago | 45 comments
Restoring Old Software for Child Learning Safety (rietta.com)
We live in a day where web applications and apps have become the mainstream. These bring many conveniences, such as inter-connectivity with multiple devices, and backups of personal data. It also brings many issues like risk of data theft, loss of software access when the publisher ceases operations, and the risks of cyber-bullying for school-aged children. There are more issues to consider, but these will suffice to set the scene.
Software, Child Safety, Education
84 points by rietta 5 days ago | 38 comments
Mike Wood, Whose LeapFrog Toys Taught a Generation, Dies at 72 (nytimes.com)
Mike Wood was a young father when his toddler’s struggles to read led him to develop one of a generation’s most fondly remembered toys.
Obituary, Toys, Education, Childhood
72 points by nxobject 5 days ago | 7 comments
Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia (theguardian.com)
The showdown between Donald Trump and Harvard University may have exploded into life this week, but the battle represents just the latest step in what has been a decades-long war waged by the right wing on American academia.
Politics, Academia, Conservatism, Education, United States
19 points by rntn 6 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: I built an AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials (github.com/The-Pocket)
Ever stared at a new codebase written by others feeling completely lost? This tutorial shows you how to build an AI agent that analyzes GitHub repositories and creates beginner-friendly tutorials explaining exactly how the code works.
Software, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Education, Open Source
890 points by zh2408 6 days ago | 170 comments
Don't force your kids to do math (avocados.ovh)
Well… you probably shouldn’t.
Parenting, Education, Math
246 points by happycats 6 days ago | 414 comments
My Approach to Teaching Electronics (lcamtuf.substack.com)
On occasion, I quip about the way we teach electronics to hobbyists. We start with hydraulic analogies that compare electricity to water running through pipes. I think it’s a pretty bad teaching tool, but don’t close the tab just yet: today’s article isn’t going to be about the dubious scholarly credentials of Mario Bros.
Electronics, Education, Teaching
9 points by robinhouston 6 days ago | 1 comments
Banned Books List 2025 (pen.org)
What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.
Book Censorship, Education, Literature, Society
12 points by jruohonen 7 days ago | 7 comments
An EdTech Tragedy (afterbabel.com)
In The Anxious Generation, we focused on the emergence of the adolescent mental health crisis that began in the early 2010s. However, since the book’s publication one year ago, we have learned even more about worrisome trends in education that closely mirror those in mental health: after decades of stability or gradual improvement, test scores in the U.S. and around the world began declining notably in the 2010s.
Education, Mental Health, Social Issues, Trends
5 points by jruohonen 7 days ago | 0 comments